Posts Tagged ‘Boko Haram’

According to an article by dailypost.ng, Hon. Sajeed Fijabi, of the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications, has insisted that MTN Nigeria pay the N1.04 trillion fine in full instead of the reduced rate of N780bn. Back in October...

According to a report published by The Vanguard, Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari has broken his silence on the massive fine imposed on MTN by stating that at least 10,000 lives of Nigerians were lost due to the delay in the registration of sim cards by...

Nigerian telecom operators have been ordered by Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, to deactivate 37.79 million mobile phone lines as part of a move to eradicate the Boko Haram insurgency within three months. The move is designed to hit the terrorist...

February has arrived and it definitely looks like the ICT and technology sector is picking up. In the news this week, reports are stating that Telkom is looking to cut costs by selling off a section of its mobiles tower’s. Moving over to Ghana,...

According to Nigeria Communications Week, social media giant Twitter has locked down and suspended an alledged Twitter account that was purportedly set up by Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram. According to the report, pictures of child soldiers in training...

In Africa, increased access to the internet has led to a rise in the number of websites being developed for businesses, NGOs, government departments and the like. However there has been a corresponding rise in the rate of Cyber-crime in Africa. Instead of...

This Day in Nigeria has reported that phone operators who fell victim to attacks, suspected to be by the Islamic group, Boko Haram, may have suffered loss of nearly N20 billion. According to the report the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators...